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Monday, September 8, 2008

Finding Flowers

I'm leaning toward the idea of having a professional florist create the wedding party bouquets and 'bouts and leaving the reception and centerpiece florals to a family friend who offered to do our flowers. We'll see what a florist quotes me, but I think it may be the only way for me to stick to a relatively minimal floral budget.

I found a great resource today. The Association of Specialty Cut Flower Growers offers an amazingly informative site. I found a link to California Growers, clicked on retail and found a great listing of flower availability by month! You can search several months and the list links to a picture, description, vase-life and popular uses for each bloom. So informative!

I'm trying to cut costs on flowers too- I definitely want our bouquets and bouts done well, but i'm thinking of either doing our own centerpiece arrangements or not have any floral decor at all! flowers are so expensive and rarely last much longer than the day... money would be better spent elsewhere...

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About Amy

Married in 2009, pregnant in 2011. We lost our first daughter, Bremy, at 23 weeks gestation due to an incompetent cervix. Now, we try again. Pregnant with our second daughter, we are sewn up and ready for a child!